VOL. XL

No. 31

4-August-1997

EGYPT

Naftex Confirms Completion Of West Ish Al-Mallah Oil Discovery

The Canadian-based Naftex Energy Corporation (a 56% subsidiary of the Australian firmCoplex Resources) has confirmed the completion of the Rabeh No. 1 well in the West Ishal-Mallaha onshore permit on the Egyptian mainland west of the Gulf of Suez as a producerin the Nukhul formation (MEES, 23 June). In a statement on 29 July, the companysaid that the well tested at a rate of 6,805 b/d of crude oil...